John Cheese: "4 Simple Pieces of Career Advice (Almost No One Follows)" (Cracked)
Now, my own problems (and those of many of the people reading this article) weren't so much "I don't want to lose my half-million-dollar home" as it was "I'm one step away from stealing a car because prison food is free." But the same basics apply no matter what tax bracket is slapping you in the face with its d*ck. If you already know these, that's great. Please teach them to someone else, because there are millions of us out there who could benefit by knowing things like ...
Froma Harrop: "Stop Asking, 'How Did You Like ...'" (Creators Syndicate)
I'm shopping for a sweater online, and as so often happens, up pops a "tell us what you think" box. Or I'm on social media , and another social media company hijacks the screen, trying to sell me another product. Then there's: "How did you like the app?" "Tweet about us." "Leave a review."
A Personal Statement from Iain Banks
Lastly, I'd like to add that from my GP onwards, the professionalism of the medics involved - and the speed with which the resources of the NHS in Scotland have been deployed - has been exemplary, and the standard of care deeply impressive. We're all just sorry the outcome hasn't been more cheerful.
Lew Sterrett Justice Center (Yelp)
One of a few reviews: "I had a delightful time at Lew. The industrial vibe of the accommodations, combined with the summer camp atmosphere among the guests, somehow managed to be both sophisticated and good old-fashioned fun. The noise level was high, like the best hipster restaurants. And the complementary proctological exam was a nice surprise. Big D, little A, double L, A, YES!"
The Great British class calculator (BBC)
The BBC teamed up with sociologists from leading universities to analyse the modern British class system. They surveyed more than 161,000 people and came up with a new model made up of seven groups. To find out where you fit in use this calculator below.
Washington Mutual, Inc. abbreviated to WaMu, was a savings bank holding company and the former owner of Washington Mutual Bank, which was the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008.
With respect to total assets under management, Washington Mutual Bank's closure and receivership is the largest bank failure in American financial history. Before the receivership action, it was the sixth-largest bank in the United States. According to Washington Mutual Inc.'s 2007 SEC filing, the holding company held assets valued at $327.9 billion.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Washington Mutual, 2008
Charlie wrote:
Washington Mutual, Inc. (2008)
The job of economics, to be blunt but honest, is to rationalize, justify, and celebrate the system. To develop abstract theories of how economics works to make it all like it's a stable, equilibrium that meets people's needs in an optimal way. These kinds of words are used. But that's useless to people who want to learn how to run a business, because it's a fantasy.
~Richard Wolff
Adam answered:
The Savings and Loan Industry? Oh, Washington Mutual.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Washington Mutual
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali took the day off.
Sally said:
Washington Mutual Bank's closure and receivership is the largest bank failure in American financial history.
The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History: Kirsten Grind: Amazon
This is a good book (which I have) that gives a big picture...
Believe it or not (in my later years), I came from the world of banking. (Not this one thankfully!) Who'd have thunk?
Well, no more procrastinating, the sun is out, the wind has died down, I tackle the Spring yard clean-up starting now...
Marian answered:
Washington Mutual on September 25, 2008
BttbBob responded:
Washington Mutual... The Feds refused to bail them out because they weren't part of the 'D.C. Good Ol' Boy' network... J.P. Morgan Chase was the big winner in this liquidity debacle. They paid the Feds $1.9 Billion for WaMu's $307 Billion in assets. WaMu's then CEO Kerry Killinger later said the banks that did get bail outs were, "too clubby to fail." WaMu wasn't part of that club.
The Inside Story of WaMu - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History
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Happy Birthday today to:
Billy Dee Williams (75) "Star Wars" suave "Lando Calrissian" and
high school classmate of Diahann Carroll... (other stuff, too) [ Lando Calrissian - complete collection - YouTube ]
"Hello, what have we here?" said Lando to Princess Leia...
Andre Previn (83) Composer and Conductor, winner of 4 Oscars and 11
Grammy's, and a music savant with few peers, IMO. I love his jazz... [ Andre Previn Jazz at The Musikverein 1995 - YouTube ]
John Ratzenberger (65) "Cheers" ever annoying "Cliff Clavin"... [ More of Cliff Clavin's Theories on Beer - YouTube ]
April 6 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 6 | Famous Birthdays
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Go Blue! I have it the Michigan Wolverines 73 - the Syracuse Orange 72...
... maybe in OT. I could give a fig 'bout the NBA, but I like college basketball.
Why? Mainly because smaller schools like Wichita State, also in the 'Final Four', could win in all (although I doubt they will). Plus, I enjoy watching the students at the games go wicked, wild crazy...
MAM wrote:
Washington Mutual Bank's closure September 2008. Before the receivership action, it was the sixth-largest bank in the United States. According to Washington Mutual Inc.'s 2007 SEC filing, the holding company held assets valued at $327.9 billion.
The Washington Mutual Tower in Seattle, Washington
CBS fills the night with more LIVE'March Madness', then pads the left coast with local crap.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Smash', then an hourlong RERUN'SNL'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Melissa McCarthy hosting, music by Phoenix.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'The Middle', followed by a RERUN'How To Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life', then '20/20'.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux has 'Cops', 'Cops', and a RERUN'The Following'.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', 'Storage Wars Texas', another 'Storage Wars Texas', still another 'Storage Wars Texas', yet another 'Storage Wars Texas', still another 'Storage Wars Texas', and yet another 'Storage Wars Texas'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', followed by the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', again.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 5 - The Curry Lounge
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 8 - Sabatiello's
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 6 - Cafe Tavolini
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Bonapartes
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Seascape
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11-Episode 1
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11-Episode 2
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11-Episode 3
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11-Episode 4
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 25 - In Theory
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 26 - Redemption, Part 1
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 1 - Redemption, Part 2
[7:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 6 - The Bells of Saint John
[8:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 7 - The Rings of Akhaten NEW
[9:00PM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct NEW
[10:00PM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 2 NEW
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 7 - The Rings of Akhaten
[12:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct
[1:00AM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 2
[2:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 7 - The Rings of Akhaten
[3:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct
[4:00AM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 2
[5:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 7 - The Rings of Akhaten (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has all 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta' all night.
Comedy Central has the movie 'There's Something About Mary', followed by the movie 'Mr. Deeds', and 'Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos'.
FX has the movie 'Knight & Day', followed by the movie 'The Proposal', then the movie 'The Proposal', again.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Stick
[8:30AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[8:45AM] The Three Stooges-Slippery Silks
[9:10AM] The Three Stooges-Sock-a-Bye-Baby
[9:35AM] The Three Stooges-So Long Mr. Chumps
[10:00AM] The Three Stooges-Some More of Samoa
[10:25AM] The Three Stooges-Squareheads of the Round Table
[10:50AM] The Three Stooges-Tassels in the Air
[11:15AM] The Three Stooges-They Stooge to Conga
[11:40AM] The Three Stooges-Three Dumb Clucks
[12:05PM] The Three Stooges-Three Little Beers
[12:30PM] Out There-Salem, My Salem
[1:00PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:15PM] The Cable Guy
[3:15PM] Transporter 3
[5:30PM] Clash of the Titans
[8:00PM] The Perfect Storm
[10:45PM] Bachelor Party
[1:00AM] Bachelor Party
[3:15AM] Out There-Salem, My Salem
[3:45AM] Spanking the Monkey (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Pilot
[7:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Beers and Weirs
[8:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Tricks and Treats
[9:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Kim Kelly Is My Friend
[10:00AM] Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
[11:15AM] Amreeka
[1:00PM] Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
[2:30PM] Thank You for Smoking
[4:00PM] Me and Orson Welles
[6:00PM] Roll Bounce
[8:00PM] Starting Out in the Evening
[10:00PM] A Good Year
[12:00AM] House of Pleasures
[2:15AM] Roll Bounce
[4:15AM] Foul Gesture (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Underworld: Evolution', followed by the movie 'Battle Dogs'.
Singer-songwriter Noel Paul Stookey (L) poses with his wife Betty at a reception before performing at the Grammy museum in Los Angeles April 4, 2013. Stookey, part of the legendary folk music trio "Peter, Paul and Mary" also spoke at the Grammy museum about "Music2Life", an initiative he supports which encourages music for social change.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Baby eagles are hatching on Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California. A group called the Pet Collective has set up a webcam near the nest so viewers can watch the eagles crack through their shells and take their first breaths.
The footage can be hit and miss. One minute, an adorable eaglet is chirping for the camera. The next, 27-year-old mother Wray and 13-year-old father K01 (aka "Superman") are blocking the camera. Hey, down in front! We're trying to gawk at your babies.
Still, even if your view is partially obstructed at times, the live stream is well worth a view. Wray and Superman have been together for years and, according to video's description, this marks the sixth time the happy couple have returned to the same nest. So far, one of three eggs has hatched. Stay tuned for siblings two and three.
Actress Meryl Streep, left, and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast and Newsweek, Tina Brown, attend the 4th Annual Women in the World Summit at the David H. Koch Theater on Thursday April 4, 2013 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
James Brown, the late, lamented singer and songwriter, is getting his own official YouTube channel and online site, thanks to a collaboration between home entertainment company Shout! Factory and the James Brown Estate.
The channel and website debut Friday and will include a treasure trove of rare concert footage, such as Brown's 1968 Boston concert following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We launched these YouTube, online and mobile experiences today as the 45th anniversary of the Boston concert is a major milestone we all wanted to commemorate," Jeffrey Thompson, Shout! Factory's vice president of digital strategy and business development, said in a statement. "These digital destinations will continue to evolve as we program content specific to key events as well as discover and add new video assets, leveraging Shout! Factory's unique content curation capabilities."
Brown, a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was a trailblazing talent who merged jazz, blues and funk with hits like "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine." He died in 2006 at the age of 73.
The TV comedy "The Office" is marking the end of its long run with a wrap party in the Pennsylvania city where it's based.
The Times-Tribune newspaper says cast and crew members related to the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. will visit Scranton next month.
It says the event was announced Thursday at a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders minor league baseball game and will involve several activities in the city on May 4.
The festivities include a breakfast for fans, a panel discussion with the show's writers and a parade. There also will be a cast question-and-answer session and a sneak peek at the last episode.
Actress America Ferrera attends the 4th Annual Women in the World Summit at the David H. Koch Theater on Thursday April 4, 2013 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
History Channel's push into scripted television has been paying off and earned its first drama series another year.
On Friday, the cable network announced that its renewing "Vikings" for a 10-episode second season. The renewal arrives just five episodes into the season and four episodes left before its finale on Sunday, April 28 at 10 p.m.
Averaging five million total viewers and 1.7 million viewers in the ad-coveted 18-49 demo, "Vikings" consistently claims victory in its time slot for cable programming.
Created by Michael Hirst ("The Tudors," "Elizabeth"), "Vikings" is based on the legends of Ragnar Lothbrook (played by Travis Fimmel) who pushes the boundaries of exploration for his people beyond known lands. It also stars Gabriel Byrne, Jessalyn Gilsig and Katheryn Winnick.
A lawyer for Gerard Depardieu says the actor again couldn't make it in court to face drunken driving charges.
Defense attorney Eric de Caumont says Depardieu was too busy filming a movie in the United States about another Frenchman known for run-ins with the law: former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
A Paris criminal court on Friday could take exception to Depardieu's second straight no-show over the harmless incident in November when he toppled over on his scooter in Paris and was charged with drunken driving.
Depardieu - possibly France's best-known movie star, for roles in some 150 films such as "Green Card" - had already skipped out in January on a previous summons to appear.
Actor and comedian Chevy Chase, left, and Kevin Nealon arrive at the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational opening night dinner on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Las Vegas.
Photo by Jeff Bottari
Wesley Snipes has been released from a federal prison in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Snipes was convicted in 2008 on tax charges. He was released Tuesday and placed under home confinement. A Bureau of Corrections spokeswoman said Friday he'll be overseen by the New York Community Corrections Office until July 19.
Snipes has appeared in dozens of films, from "White Men Can't Jump" and "Demolition Man" in the early 1990s to the "Blade" trilogy. He entered the McKean County prison in December 2010 to begin a three-year sentence for failure to file income tax returns.
Snipes belonged to a group that challenged the government's right to collect taxes. Prosecutors say he failed to file returns for at least a decade and owed millions of dollars in back taxes.
Magician David Copperfield (C) poses with illusionists Penn (L) and Teller (R) after their star was unveiled on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California April 5, 2013.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Accusations and fists were flying at an event that featured cast members of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" reality show.
A Paramus man claims Jacqueline and Christopher Laurita and Giuseppe "Joe" Gorga attacked him as cameras rolled in a hair salon in Ridgewood on Saturday.
John Karagiorgis filed a complaint, accusing the three of simple assault and making terroristic threats. The reality stars responded with their own complaints.
Karagiorgis tells The Record newspaper he was ambushed and still has a mark on his forehead from a stiletto heel.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on stage during the Carthage Jazz Festival in Tunis April 4, 2013. The festival runs till April 14.
Photo by Zoubeir Souissi
The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II.
The painting at the center of the dispute, Matisse's 1937 "Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair," depicts a woman sitting in a living room. It has been among the highlights of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo since the museum was established in 1968 through a donation by wealthy art collector Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie.
Museum Director Tone Hansen said it had been unaware the painting was stolen by the Nazis until it was notified of the fact in 2012 by the London-based Art Loss Register, which tracks lost and stolen paintings.
She said Onstad bought the painting in "good faith" from the Galerie Henri Benezit in Paris in 1950. The Benezit gallery "has no record of collaborating with the Nazis, as many galleries did," she said in an interview.
Comedian and actor Joe Piscopo throws out a ceremonial first pitch before an opening day baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Kansas City Royals, Friday, April 5, 2013, in Philadelphia.
Photo by Matt Slocum
Shortly after launching its "Operation Free Korea" initiative, notorious hacking group Anonymous has fired its first shots at North Korea. The group had demanded supreme leader Kim Jong-un resign, in addition to abandoning his nuclear ambitions and installing free democracy across the Asian country. Earlier this week, hackers belonging to Anonymous claimed to have stolen the passwords of 15,000 users from the North Korean propaganda website Uriminzokkiri. After its demands were not met, the group has begun to take down various properties belonging to Pyongyang.
Both the Twitter and Flickr accounts belonging to Uriminzokkiri were compromised early Thursday morning. Anonymous members uploaded images making fun of Kim Jong-un to the photo-sharing page and mocked the country using its own Twitter feed. In addition to taking down Uriminzokkiri and its social properties, the group defaced books and music store Ryomyong and a website belonging to a North Korea-linked political group, known as AINDF.
"We have a few guys on the ground who managed to bring the real Internet into the country using a chain of long distance WiFi repeaters with proprietary frequencies, so they're not jammed (yet)," the group wrote. "We also have access to some N.K. phone landlines which are connected to Kwangmyong through dial-ups. Last missing peace [sic] of puzzle was to interconnect the two networks, which those guys finally managed to do."
The group praised its operatives and asked others to stand up against governments around the world.
"Citizens of North Korea, South Korea, USA, and the world, don't allow your governments to separate you," Anonymous said. "We are all one. We are the people. Our enemies are the dictators and regimes, our goals are freedom and peace and democracy. United as one, divided by zero, we can never be defeated!"
Devotees lie on the ground as they perform a ritual during the "Danda" festival at Odagaon town at Nayagarh district, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha April 5, 2013. Hundreds of male devotees during the Danda, or the festival of penance, perform to appease Hindu god Shiva and goddess Kali.
A federal judge will seek to unravel an art mystery and determine the rightful owner of a napkin-sized painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that a Virginia woman says she bought at a flea market for $7.
The ownership is in dispute after documents were uncovered showing a Baltimore museum reported the painting stolen more than 60 years ago.
The painting has been seized by the FBI, and the federal government filed an action last month in U.S. District Court in Alexandria asking a judge to determine who should keep the painting.
Among the contenders is a Lovettsville woman, Marcia "Martha" Fuqua, who has told the FBI that she bought the painting at a West Virginia flea market in late 2009 for $7 and stored it in a plastic trash bag for two years before having it authenticated as a genuine Renoir.
According to an appraisal commissioned by the FBI, Renoir painted "Paysage bords de Seine," or On the Shore of the Seine, on a linen napkin in 1879 on the spot at a riverside restaurant for his mistress.
People walk across a rainbow pedestrian crossing painted on Sydney's Oxford street, the city's main gay district April 4, 2013. Officials have ordered the removal of the rainbow pedestrian crossing painted on a street in Sydney's main gay district, setting off fierce debate in a city known for its annual Mardi Gras gay pride event, one of Australia's main tourist draws. Controversy over the crossing, painted in February to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the annual gay festival, is pitting those proud of Sydney's reputation for tolerance, such as gay former tennis star Martina Navratilova, against government officials who say it is a safety hazard.
Photo by David Gray
Bollywood is branching out from its traditional song-and-dance dramas and slapstick comedies with its first zombie films which filmmakers hope will entice younger crowds back to Indian films from Hollywood's living dead.
Few horror films are made in Bollywood and those that do make it to the big screen tend to focus on ghosts and the after-life, which are common themes in Hindu mythology.
But this year, as Indian cinema celebrates 100 years, three zombie films made in Hindi are slated for release, hoping to compete with blockbuster U.S. zombie movies such as "Warm Bodies" and "World War Z".
Directors Luke Kenny and Devaki Singh will release the first of the three Hindi films, "Rise of the Zombie", on April 5, and hope twinning zombies with Indian filmmaking will appeal to younger audiences.
Children watch as villagers solemnise a frog marriage at Kotabari, on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati, April 5, 2013. The frog marriage is a traditional ritual observed by the rural folk to appease the gods to bring in rain and ensure a good harvest.
Photo by Utpal Baruah
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